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← Utah’s “Clean Slate” Law, and Automatic Expungements
Utah Legislature Temporarily Suspends Expungement Filing Fees! →

Parolees Become Eligible for 402 Reductions in Utah

June 8, 2021 | Filed under: 402 Reductions, Expungement Law and tagged with: 402 Reductions in Utah, Offense-level Reductions, Utah Parolees

There’s been a theme lately of the Utah legislature making improvements to the laws on expungements and record reductions. (See Utah’s Clean Slate Law, and Utah Makes Drug Offenses Easier to Expunge). Good on them, I say.

Another small change to the language of the “402 Reduction” statute this spring didn’t get much press, but it’s a big deal for some people. Prior to this change, you were only eligible to reduce the level of your offense after your case was closed if you were put on probation and you successfully completed probation. So if you were sent to prison on a felony charge, you were out of luck.

But now, even if you were sent to prison and then paroled, and you successfully completed that parole, you are also eligible to make a 402 motion and reduce your conviction offense level.

This can be an especially big deal for those people who were convicted of a second degree or third degree felony, because you can now try and get those felonies reduced to misdemeanors, restoring your rights and making you no longer a “convicted felon.” It can also have the benefit of reducing the wait time to get your whole case expunged, or bringing you under the offense count to get eligible for expungement.

If you think this might apply to you, and you want to see if you’re eligible, reach out to my firm and we’ll talk it over.

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Some Posts from My Blog

  • Utah Legislature Temporarily Suspends Expungement Filing Fees!
  • Parolees Become Eligible for 402 Reductions in Utah
  • Utah’s “Clean Slate” Law, and Automatic Expungements
  • Utah Legalizes Medical Marijuana! Kinda! Sort Of!
  • Utah Eases Expungement Eligibility, Especially for Prior Drug Convictions!

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I am licensed to practice criminal law anywhere in Utah, but my office is in Salt Lake City so I focus my defense practice on Salt Lake County and the surrounding counties: Weber, Davis, Utah, Summit, Wasatch, Tooele.

That includes any of the state, city, or federal courts located in Salt Lake City, West Jordan, South Jordan, West Valley, Heber, Park City, Provo, Ogden, Farmington, Bountiful, Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, Murray, Millcreek, South Salt Lake, Grantsville, Tooele, Orem, American Fork, Sandy, Draper, Centerville, Layton, Kaysville, and anywhere else within an hour's drive of Salt Lake. I'll also go down to Carbon County (Price and Helper), because I like that drive!

For locations in Utah outside that area, just contact me and we'll talk about it.

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